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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:00 AM

Taking back the debate over Israel

Sick of right-wing Jews speaking in their name, progressive American Jews have launched J Street to change the way the game is played in Washington.

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  • Monday, April 28, 2008 09:20 PM

    Does it have any actual positions on anything

    Apart from Hamas inspired liberation theology, Gary? One would think that a journalistic article about a lobbying group would include some literal explanation of their policy planks. So, what are their positions, other than "We're not those other evil fucking Jews who are destroying the planet." $1.5million and 4 or 5 staffers should be enough to crank out a position paper. After all they're a lobbying group - they have to be lobbying about something, don't they?

    Anyway when you find that intel, can you write about it here? I'd like it if you bounced the reactions in the Arab world off those positions here too. Just for 'balance' sake. Here is the Hamas Charter for reference in case you were wondering where J Street intersects with the freethinking broadminded liberals of the Hamas:

    http://www.mideastweb.org/hamas.htm

    Mideast Web is not a particularly left or right leaning organization. I'm sure the people here will argue that anything to the right of Mashaal is some kind of zionazi plot, but there it is.

    Also, Gary, Kudos on tag teaming Glenn this week. You guys always work in units of 3 articles. Nice to see you're not just writing about pine trees in the high sierra

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